barrir

French

Etymology

From Late Latin barrīre, present active infinitive of barriō (make the sound of an elephant's cry), from barrus (elephant).

Pronunciation

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Verb

barrir

  1. to trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant's cry)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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Etymology

From Late Latin barrīre, present active infinitive of barriō (make the sound of an elephant's cry), from barrus (elephant).

Verb

barrir (past participle barrido)

  1. (intransitive) to trumpet (of an elephant: to make its characteristic call)

Conjugation

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